In what has gradually become an expected pattern to see videos and pictures of flooded streets in Lagos anytime the rainy season makes an appearance, it is no surprise that after the torrential rain on Sunday and this morning, Lagosians are complaining.
Alongside those videos, residents are known to make incessant protests on social media as they make their way out and about on the streets of Lagos.
Lagos, a coastal city in the South Western geopolitical zone of Nigeria, is known to be flooded every time it rains especially in areas like the Lekki Penninsula and other regions on Lagos Island and Victoria Island.
It has now become a noticeable trend for Twitter users to make jokes at the expense of residents of those areas specifically known for their bad drainage system.
“na lagos I dey stay , lekki to be precise” .. see now , small rain everywhere flood. Say hi if you are not living in water residential area. ?
— M i a ? (@sisimiaa) June 18, 2020
My dear Lekki, Victoria Island and Ajah people, I hope you've serviced your boats? I hope you've ironed your swimming trunks?
It's that time of the year again.
— Atomified Empire ??? (@atomified) June 18, 2020
Lekki people before work this morning Vs. when they arrive at work cos of excessive swimming. pic.twitter.com/b9uOEDGBX5
— E (@iamOkon) June 18, 2020
If your name is Moses, and you currently live in Lekki, please your people need you urgently?? pic.twitter.com/bvy9l855sN
— KACHI ? (@Chef_Kachi) June 18, 2020
Many vented their frustrations on the Lagos Government and questioned why the Government was yet to put in place an efficient drainage system in the State.
Flooded compounds, leaking roofs, flooded houses. Good morning Lagos
— Bizzle Osikoya (@bizzleosikoya) June 18, 2020
The decision of the Lagos Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu to ban Okadas late last year was also brought up again. Lagosians are questioning the rationale behind banning a major means of transport in spite of a defective drainage system in the state.
The LASG should understand that there's more to becoming a megacity than simply banning bikes especially if you can't sort out the basic things like drainage and waste management. Look at the entire Lagos looking like Atlantis.
— Baldilocks (@Baldilocks__) June 18, 2020
They’ve also taken to their timelines to warn others about proceeding out of their houses, announcing that if they were to indeed venture out, they should be sure to ride out in canoes, boats, and their swimming trunks.
Dear HRs please anytime it rains consecutively for 3 days kindly tell Lekki and Lagos island people to stay indoor. The suffering is too much though they like to form but the rain is fighting for we staying on the mainland. pic.twitter.com/bwcbq36g74
— Horlamidey (aspiring senator) (@Olamicome) June 18, 2020
My dear Lekki, Victoria Island and Ajah people, I hope you've serviced your boats? I hope you've ironed your swimming trunks?
It's that time of the year again.
— Atomified Empire ??? (@atomified) June 18, 2020
If you're in Lagos, please go out with your Swimming trunk especially if you stay on the Island.
Water will not drown us ooo? pic.twitter.com/jpSdT1iJKO
— TAHYOR ? (@eyitayojay) June 18, 2020
Who asked me to go out today ? people staying on the island are trying abeg , everywhere water!!! pic.twitter.com/bupGQ7Lhd9
— Aramide YBNL ? (@Arahmeedhey) June 18, 2020
If you reside in Lekki or you have plans to Visit Lekki today, just forget it or get a boat ⛵. Everywhere river as we speak ?. Reporting live from River Lekki Lagos. pic.twitter.com/pGuDdoLppk
— Spendy (@Bispendy) June 18, 2020
My followers in Ikeja, Lagos don't leave your house today if you don't have a flying boat. Eko oni baje o. pic.twitter.com/RjQiKjZ83f
— Olúyẹmí Fásípè ?? (@YemieFASH) June 18, 2020
Lekki people, how una dey…abeg I dey sell Canoe pic.twitter.com/moAoDESd4y
— Correct Bro (@iamcorrectbro) June 18, 2020
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